[Elecraft] K-1 Poor Receive, New Build

[Jessie Oberreuter]

      I don't have the schematic in front of me, but I had this same 
problem when I did my build, and I finally traced it down to a diode that 
I somehow failed to install.  Usual signal tracing applies -- you have 
audio, so work your way back, stage by stage, until the signal disappears 
:).  Most of the time, just touching a screwdriver to a part in the signal 
path is enough to let you know where the path is in-tact, and where it's 
broken!




On Mon, 16 Mar 2015, KH7AX wrote:

> Thanks for your help Phil.
> Yes it's broadband noise with another small higher pitched tone in the mix
> that does not include any of the assortment of other odds and ends you
> commonly hear when tuning up and down the band except for one very strong
> broadcast carrier right down close to 7.000 that's in our area. So if the
> signal is strong enough, as that carrier and also the 5 watt tone from my
> ts590 into the dummy load, it will get through.  The noise level is the same
> whether or not the antenna is connected.  Connecting the antenna, any
> antenna, bringsSo something is definitely wrong.
>
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